Colorado sunrise, Oct. 8, 2013, popular on social media

Photos of the Colorado sunrise were a popular item on social media Tuesday morning, Oct. 8, 2013, as Denver prepared for what was expected to be an unseasonably warm day.

Temperatures are expected to climb to 80 degrees in Denver on Tuesday under mostly sunny skies. The average high for Oct. 8 in Denver is 69 degrees. However, we are likely to fall short of the all-time high of 85 degrees set in 1910.

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